New full time job...

So since I am a stay at home mom now, and only have one baby, I have been killing time a lot at home cooking. A LOT OF COOKING! It's my new hobby I think. When G goes down for a nap I flip through cook books and magazines and have been cooking something new and delicious almost every night now. My friend Gina got a cook book from Amazon called Cooking With All Things Trader Joe's, and I love Trader Joe's! She also gave me a whole bunch of those lite n' tasty magazines, so its been pretty healthy, good for your body food! We have made stuff like dijon crusted chicken breast, homemade chicken tortilla soup, asian dumpling soup, Chinese lemon chicken with a tangy lemon glaze, egg drop soup, a makeover (healthier) chicken pot pie, chicken gyros with tzatziki sauce, lots of cookies, and a yummy orange cinnamon swirl bread! Oh and a favorite... its called blushing pears! soooo good! The pears have to be pretty ripe, and you pretty much poach them in a sherry with orange zest, cinnamon sticks, cranberry juice and sugar!!!! Such a good dessert and easy! Well, anyway thats my new hobby I guess. If you have any suggestions for me to try, I am open for ideas.... G is such a big help, and he loves licking the spoon!!!

Who can guess what Gavin is missing...?

Gavin loves to be naked! Sometimes when I change his diaper, he gets mad at me when I put a new one on... so sometimes I leave him naked for a little bit. Ren told me I was disturbed for taking these pictures, but I thought they are FUUUUNY!

The Tube Amp... again!

Look at this thing! I blogged this before but, Ren built a tube amplifier and some speakers a while ago. The tube amp gets extremely hot! So once the tubes get hott hott they turn this pretty blue... so we turned the lights off and we got some really cool prictures! (and when I say WE I mean REN) :-)

The G update

Gavin just changes everyday... heavy sigh. He is getting more personality and doing something new everyday. Annie decided that he has a really fun squishy face! Its so round and chunky its easy to play with... and he gets a kick outta it too! He has started grabbing at things around him... like the dogs! He has been grabbing at Falcor's tail and ears and pulling them pretty hard! They are really good with him though and just take it like champs! They never snap at him or anything which is good. We started giving him rice cerial and bananas and pears too. The first time was totally funny! He is starting to get used to it now (kinda) and we have been washing a lot of bibs in the laundry lately!

Comments Welcome...

So is there some kind of super mom teething trick I dont know about? Little G is staring to teeth, and man o man... He used to sleep all through the night. I would put him down around 9 and he would sleep until about 6:30- 7. NOW... he has been waking up a lot crying and in the day he is a little more crabby than normal. He is chomping down on anything he can get his hands on, and drooling like Niagara Falls. He hasnt been eating as well either, but as you can see in these pictures he's not exactly starving! I have been giving him Tylenol at night and those freezer teething rings but I want to know if there are any good tricks out there I dont know about.

Funny Chubby Baby

Look at my chunky man! He thinks its so funny when you tickle his neck fat! I love my little ball of butter baby!

New Pictures Finally!

So much to blog about! Its been a while since I posted anything, I thought I had nothing to blog about... turns out I kinda have a lot to say. I will write the short and sweet version. Okay, to start the new year, Ren and I always go to CES (consumer electronic show) in Vegas. This year we thought, we can all go... bring Gavin...he's only 4 months old it wont be that hard. WRONG! lets just say Vegas is NOT baby friendly, I found myself nursing him in a bathroom stall sitting on the toilet and listening to people go to the bathroom while feeding a very upset baby...and lay a blanket on the bathroom floor to change his bum. I stayed in the hotel room on the third day... all day. Being at the show was too hard on all 3 of us. You live and learn right?!? So my little G is getting bigger everyday. He is REALLY good at sucking his hands... he loves to do that! He has learned to grab at his toys and put them in his mouth, but still doesn't have full control so he hits himself with his toys too... that's funny. He is good at sitting up with assistance. When he is laying down, he tries to sit up on his own but just cant get there yet. He is at a fun age for me. Still easy cause he's not mobile yet... but he has a lot of character. He has been rolling himself over from his tummy to his back, and then looks at me all scared like "how in the heck did I do that?" Then I smile big and congratulate him and then he realizes its a good thing and smiles back at me! He has a doctors appt. next Monday and I cant wait to see how much he weighs, he is just a round ball of butter!